Erik is a baseball fan who has been attending baseball games and snagging baseballs regularly since 2008.

8-18-10 PNC Park

I got on the board before the gates opened today.

I was standing on the Riverwalk waiting for a home run to land on the concourse, but left around 4:50 to head back up to the gate. Just as I left, a passerby informed me that I had just missed one. I turned and saw fellow ballhawk Nick Pelescak knee deep in the weeds, frantically searching for a ball.

I turned around and jogged back and joined in the search. After a minute, I found the ball in the weeds, for my first ball of the day.Upon entrance to the left field bleachers, I noticed a ball land near the foul pole, so I ran over and scooped that one up for ball #2.STATISTICS:Game: 7 balls ( 4 hit, 2 thrown, 1 found )Season: 454 balls (228 hit, 98 thrown, 61 device, 61 found) Balls in the month of August: 103Games: 69 gamesAverage: 6.58 balls per game2010 Game Balls: 5Career: 1,032 ballsStreak: 165 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.Attendance: 12,242

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